11 Companion Gardening Ideas to Banish Pests

11 Companion Gardening Ideas to Banish Pests

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Garden

Insects are often such a pain – especially when they are in your garden and all you want to do is protect the food you are growing. How do you get rid of these pesky invaders without a ton of insecticides? And can you do something, even here in Southwest...

Meet our newest acquisition

by | May 11, 2009 | Garden, Homesteading Life

Now that all the paperwork has finally been finished, I’d like to introduce you to our new orchard! Our name for it perhaps is a bit dramatic since it’s only around 1000 sq. meters or a quarter of an acre. But it’s only 10 minutes walk from our front...

Our seedlings are indeed seedlings!

by | Mar 31, 2008 | Garden

As usual I’m a bit overdue to write about what is happening with our little seedlings – but what can you do? I did take some photos of them on March 18th which was about a month after they’d been planted. As you may notice, the zucchini were...